On the one hand, there are two other Japanese cruisers that are about to be included in the bag, and on the other hand, the main fleet that is encircled and rescued, the former has no merit, and the latter may trap himself in it! Yang Yonglin only hesitated for less than a minute! "Lure the Japanese fast fleet away! We can keep at least two ironclads! In the end, Yang Yonglin chose the latter, luring the opponent's most powerful unit away from the battlefield, and the two Dingzhen ships could at least stabilize their position!

"From a strategic point of view, my only choice at that time was to give up the prey in my hands, and destroying the last two Japanese cruisers would not only be a waste of time, but more importantly, a lot of ammunition would be consumed! The Kaiyuan performed very well, and after a long artillery battle, the hull losses were very limited, but the ammunition consumption was huge. It's hard to imagine what happens when we face the most elite Japanese fleet and don't have enough ammunition! ”

"What's more, Takachiho and Chiyoda have already been hit hard, even if we give up the attack, they will not be able to return to the war for a long time, we are equivalent to using 3 battleships to force the opponent's 6 warships to be eliminated from the sequence of besieging two battleships in Dingzhen!" After the war, when asked why Yang Yonglin chose to give up, he replied like this!

Many years later, the world's naval circles generally believed that Yang Yonglin was the best admiral in the entire Qing-Japanese War, largely because he had a very good grasp of the overall situation! He will hardly overdraw the combat power of his fleet, and can always think of the whole from a local battlefield! If it weren't for the fact that he had left enough ammunition to face the Japanese First Guerrilla Fleet, then the Beiyang Fleet would probably not be able to evacuate more than 3 ships in the end!

"The cruiser of the North Ocean is gone!" When the Hashitachi was destroyed and Takachiho's captain Nomura Sada, who barely reported any hope of survival, the opposite Yang Yonglin fleet actually gave up the attack on him, and quickly broke away in a circle on the sea! At this time, the only two remaining Japanese cruisers naturally did not dare to catch up, and the ships were about to become a mountain of flames, so find a place to extinguish the fire first!

"The Mainz is coming!" When the Japanese fleet had just beaten the Kaiyuan to death and was about to make more efforts to completely finish off the other side, an officer pointed to the three Beiyang cruisers speeding in the distance, which made the entire Japanese No. 1 guerrilla fleet very nervous!

"Is that killing god really coming?" Hirai Hangzo glanced bitterly at his opponent in the distance! "Give up Pingyuan, we are ready to meet the enemy!" At this time, the only one who can block the opponent is his own fleet, and the other warships are not even as good as the Sanjing Ship, and it is death to go up!

"Your Excellency, Commander, we should not give up! Concentrate your firepower to defeat Dingzhen, and we'll seal the win! "Just after the signal flag of the Kasuga conveyed this order, the new captain of the cruiser Yoshino, Heihachiro Togo, who was located in the back, immediately made a counter-proposal! He asked for another warship to be dragged and continue to attack Dingzhen!

There is also a reason why Heihachiro Togo can become the god of war in Japan, at least for now, he can clearly figure out the relationship between short-term interests and long-term interests, tactical advantages and strategic advantages! It is true that the other two cruisers in the queue are now going to be sent, but as long as they can delay for half an hour, Laiyuan and Jingyuan will be dead!

Under the attack of Hiei and King Kong, the Pingyuan is finished, and the Beiyang Fleet is left with Dingzhen! Moreover, after all, the artillery temporarily installed in Dingzhen was made temporarily, and there was a huge gap between the protection of the original artillery and the original artillery, and there was not enough close fire resistance, and more than a dozen torpedo boats could definitely kill them if they went up to pounce on it. Exchange 3 or even 4 old cruisers for the opponent's two most powerful ironclads, this deal is sure to make a profit! What else do you have to complain about? Heihachiro Togo can see it very clearly!

And Heihachiro Togo can figure it out, just because other people can figure it out! At least now Hirai Hangzo is a little dizzy, fortunately there is no radio in this era, and Togo Heihachiro can't tell the other party what he thinks, and Hirai Hangzo looked at the murderous Yang Yonglin fleet, and after hesitating for a few minutes, he still decided to take the enemy! The Japanese fast fleet immediately abandoned the two battleships Pingyuan and Jingyuan to intercept and kill the Yang Yonglin fleet!

And with the departure of the powerful First Guerrilla Formation, the situation of this sub-battlefield immediately changed! There are still 5 warships floating on the surface of the Beiyang Ocean! The opponents they faced were Matsushima, King Kong, Hiei, Tsukushi, who had rejoined the battle, and the Fuso, who was hanging like a floating torch on the sea! It's the same in terms of quantity! Although Pingyuan, Jingyuan, and Laiyuan have all suffered heavy losses, especially Laiyuan, it is not too much to say that they are hanging on for a breath! But the quality of Dingzhen is too high!

King to king! True king to king! The most elite cruiser fleets of the two countries have finally collided! Kasuga and Yoshino first concentrated all their firepower to attack Kaiyuan, while Takasago and Akashi dealt with the two Beiyang cruisers behind, and after the two sides started fighting, Yang Yonglin immediately felt that the situation was a little bad!

THE KAIYUAN'S FORMIDABLE FIREPOWER WAS FORCED TO SPREAD OVER THE TWO BATTLESHIPS, AND THE PROJECTION OF THE OPPONENT'S SIDESTRING FIRE WAS A NOTCH HIGHER THAN ITS OWN, AND ON THE KAIYUAN SIDE WERE TWO 280MM GUNS AND 6 150MM GUNS (ONE GUN HAD ITS BARREL BLOWN OFF). In addition, there is the problem that ammunition may be insufficient, and naturally it cannot be used arbitrarily.

THE OPPONENT'S FLANK FIRE WAS THE KASUGA'S 2 234MM GUNS, 5 6-INCH GUNS, AND YOSHINO'S 3 6-INCH GUNS AND 4 4.7-INCH GUNS! When it comes to the number of 12-pounder guns, the other side has an advantage! The small cannon of the Kaiyuan began to suffer huge losses, after all, the so-called gun positions are protected, and not all artillery is protected! And just now the first guerrilla formation was slaughtering broilers, except for artillery shells, there was no loss at all!

But it doesn't matter, I'm not afraid of the projection amount almost opening the far number, after all, the skin is rough and the meat is thick, you can't move! But the Zhiyuan and Jingyuan in the back are different! The latter is the former Chilean Blancoo. Cruiser Enkaraka! In history, it is known by foreigners as the existence of who wins and who wins between Qing and Japan!

Whether it was the Yoshino or the Haitian when the Beiyang was rebuilt later, they were not as powerful as this guy! 2 8-inch tubes to retreat, 10 6-inch guns firepower! It's scary to think about! The two cruisers, Takasago and Akashi, have an absolute advantage in the face of the two Zhiyuan-class cruisers in terms of tonnage, firepower and ship condition! The gap in strength between the two sides can no longer be made up by the quality of personnel, and Yang Yonglin will definitely suffer if he fights!

"The operation of the Kaiyuan saved the Beiyang Fleet, but it put itself in a desperate situation, and it couldn't be beaten or escaped!" Felimante couldn't help but sigh as he looked at the seven cruisers that were in a mess in the distance. From the perspective of a neutral, he admires the courage and vision of the other party! Using himself as a bait allows the main fleet to temporarily stabilize the situation and rebalance the already tilted tide of battle.

Of course, the price of this decision is that his situation is very critical, the combat effectiveness of the two Zhiyuan ships behind is really poor, and the speed is slow, according to Felimant's estimate, at most half an hour, Yang Yonglin's rear team may have problems.

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